First Mayor of Portland. He came to pioneer Portland with his family from New York City, and establish a hardware store and lumber yard there, later a bank. Son Henry was the genius behind the family, and Josiah left a position of great power in New York City, Commisioner of Dreying (Trucking by horse) in the mid 1800s. Very influential in the Baptist Church, the Failing family influenced every major institution in Portland, such as libraries, museums, and hospitals. Josiah was from a famous upstate New York, Mowhawk Valley family of Revolutionary War Heroes and Prussian doctors.
First Mayor of Portland. He came to pioneer Portland with his family from New York City, and establish a hardware store and lumber yard there, later a bank. Son Henry was the genius behind the family, and Josiah left a position of great power in New York City, Commisioner of Dreying (Trucking by horse) in the mid 1800s. Very influential in the Baptist Church, the Failing family influenced every major institution in Portland, such as libraries, museums, and hospitals. Josiah was from a famous upstate New York, Mowhawk Valley family of Revolutionary War Heroes and Prussian doctors.
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